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Re: [eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] EMF based dynamic declarative UI
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Olivier,
It looks very nice!
We are trying to do something similar with XSWT, without the EMF model. The
developer manipulates XML, which is rendered by the XSWT engine. By using
reflection instead of an explicit model, we can support more of the SWT API with
less work.
However, there are a lot of advantages of having an EMF model. Among others, it
will be easier to bind the UI to EMF data. Have you thought about generating the
EMF model from the API, to avoid the manual modeling work?
Hallvard
Olivier Moïses wrote:
Hi,
Monthes ago, I started to work on a dynamic declarative UI engine.
It allows the user to describe some parts of his application GUI using
EMF model.
Changes of the model are reflected into the view and users actions are
reflected also into model.
It is also extendable : a developper could add his own metamodel
(extending or replacing existing parts.... SWING, eRCP ...).
Runtime engine can be used in Eclipse IDE, RCP application or pure java
standalone application.
I will publish the project under Open Source license soon .
Before to publish, I would like to finish my current work on test suite
and clean the code ;-).
Of course, I will add more components than the existing ones (actually
there is only composite, button and text, which is enough for testing
and validating most of the requirements)
A demo could be find here : http://wiki2.wazaabi.org/externals/demo1.html
There is also few explanations on the wiki: http://wiki2.wazaabi.org (I
will add more soon).
I will be happy to receive any suggestions or comments (and to answer
any questions if needed).
Regards,
Olivier Moises
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